An American special forces veteran led the operation to get María Corina Machado out of Venezuela: "The first Nobel Prize winner that we've ever rescued."

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado made her first public appearance in Oslo, Norway, after 11 months in hiding. CBS News correspondent Lilia Luciano spoke with the head of the mission that brought Machado to the Scandinavian country.

A Florida-based nonprofit organization was tasked with the mission to take opposition leader María Corina Machado from Venezuela to Norway to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

The Trump administration reportedly aided Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado in her secret travel from Venezuela to Norway for the award ceremony in Oslo. Venezuela’s opposition

The politician, who left Venezuela amid heavy secrecy and probably with covert US help, is due to arrive in Norway on Wednesday night.